In Italy's Piedmont region, where polenta may be better loved than anywhere else on Earth, the cornmeal mush is a food of the fall. When the air turns crisp with the first frost and people await the ...

Do you ever go through phases with certain dishes, practically living off them for months until one day you just … stop? When my husband and I first moved in together, polenta featured big in our ...

You can’t get much more comforting than polenta. Rich and creamy, it makes a perfect side or simple main. And while the stove-top method is classic, there’s an even easier route if you cook the ...

The month of Saint Valentine conjures images of chocolate, truffles, oysters and … corn grits. Really? Yes. I understand that grits may not be the natural subject of sweet nothings, but what this ...

In most cases, I’m a traditional cook. If there is a longer, slower, more manual way to do something, almost invariably I will prefer it. But even I push tradition aside when I find an alternative ...

Stacie’s dad often makes this easy baked polenta for dinner parties because it’s not only comforting, hearty and crowd-pleasing, it’s basically hands-off after you’ve seared the pork chops. Which ...

For most people, the only time lasagna lands on the weeknight table is when they prepare it ahead during the weekend. Or when it came out of a box. Even the no-boil noodles usually are too much ...